Timer: Added static ::now method for timestamps

src/Timer.cpp

@@ -112,3 +112,11 @@ void Timer::subtract (unsigned long value)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+unsigned long Timer::now ()
+{
+  struct timeval now;
+  gettimeofday (&now, NULL);
+  return now.tv_sec * 1000000 + now.tv_usec;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////